Sessions' new border policy - legalized white nationalism

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Exquisite short thread by an immigration lawyer


Thread by @HMAesq: "When a parent and a child arrive at the border to seek asylum (that is, lawfully immigrate), the "new" policy means the parent gets charged […]" #EndFamilySeparation

@HMAesq
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/994621963292348416.html

When a parent and a child arrive at the border to seek asylum (that is, lawfully immigrate), the "new" policy means the parent gets charged criminally with unlawful entry (or re-entry), and the child is sent separately to be processed by the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

That way, an asylum seeker gets a criminal record while also being separated from their child. Because what they've fled from wasn't quite cruel enough. But "immigrants should get in line and do it legally!"

That is EXACTLY what they're doing.
This morning the @AILANational (the American Immigration Lawyers Association) issued a short statement pushing back on the DOJ/DHS partnership intending to prosecute all ‘illegal border crossers’ and separate families.

#EndFamilySeparation

AILA - DOJ and DHS Decide to Forcibly Separate Families and Prosecute Asylum Seekers
As DHS and DOJ announced new efforts that will result in the forcible separation of vulnerable families seeking protection in the United States under U.S. law, AILA Executive Director Benjamin Johnso…
http://www.aila.org/advo-media/press-releases/2018/doj-and-dhs-forcibly-separating-families
We are a country that jails children and asylum seekers.

This is what legalized white nationalism looks like. It's been injected into our immigration policy at an alarming rate. It was never about the economy, or jobs. It was about preserving a white America.
We also call out Sessions for claiming that lawyers like me helping asylum seekers understand the system are somehow doing wrong. An Arizona congressman thinks we should lose our licenses for doing what's right, and for doing our jobs.

Bring it, punks.

[hlthe2b]

1. Legalized white nationalism AND child abuse n/t

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2. ABSOLUTELY

I can't imagine how these poor children are going to be traumatized all their lives by such an experience.

Not to mention we don't have a very good record of even keeping track of them --

Report: Federal Agency Lost Track of 1,475 Migrant Children in U.S.
Source: The Daily Beast https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142046508

[Phoenix61]

3. The real tragedy is this won't stop

people from coming. They are fleeing situations that are so bad even this will offer the children a better life. They will get food, shelter, medical care, and no one will be shooting at them. All this is going to do is make a really bad situation even worse. The absolutely cruelty of it goes without saying.

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4. Anyone else interested in this??

Shameless K&R

[Solly Mack]

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